middle of a safe place because this is base, where at any given moment
several people will be running toward it.
One person is it. The rest of the crowd must go and hide. The object
of the game is for the "it" person to SEE you, not necessarily tag
you. He/she must call your name and say; "I see John Doe under Mr.
Smith tree." At that point, John Doe must come to base. But, if it
isn't John Doe, and maybe it is Sally Smith, then Sally Smith does not
have to come out of hiding and the "it" person must assume they
guessed the name wrong. Now the crowd is not allowed to stay in one
spot...they must move around without being caught. The "it" person
can venture away from the can as far as he/she wants, but he/she risks
someone running to the can and kicking it which frees everyone that
the "it" person has captured. But, if the "it" person tags the
free-er before they reach the can then they are captured too. The
object is to see or tag everyone without a free-er letting all the
prisioners go. If someone kicks the can, the "it" person must count
to 100 while everyone scatters and hides again. Everyone that is
captured and standing around the can waiting to be freed can look for
any remaining crowd members and guide him/her on when is a good time
to come and free them. They can also make a chain in order for the
free-er to reach them faster, but beware, because if the "it" person
sees you making a chain, then usually he/she can see you and call out
your name, thus ending the game. The first one captured is then "it".
Contributed by: Laura J. Rhinehart